Rose v. A.C. & S., Inc.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a product liability suit against various manufacturers and sellers of asbestos-containing insulation products. Dorothy Marry Rose, widow and personal representative of Albert Marry, who died of asbestosis in April 1976, appeals from the district court’s summary judgment dismissing her wrongful death and survival actions as time barred by the Washington three-year statute of limitations. She contends that Washington’s discovery rule extends the statutory period so that her claim, filed in October 1980, is not time barred. We agree that summary judgment…